Bachelor
2019/2020
Economic Statistics
Type:
Compulsory course (International Business and Management Studies)
Area of studies:
Management
Delivered by:
Department of Economics
When:
2 year, 3, 4 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Instructors:
Купера Александра Валерьевна,
Ekaterina Aleksandrova,
Yuliya Averyanova,
Venera Bagranova,
Evgeny Zazdravnykh,
Хабибуллина Алина Ришатовна,
Гарипова Фарида Габдулхаевна
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
5
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This course equips students with basic skills in statistical analysis in economics and management. Student learn principles of sampe design, testing hypotheses, estimation of correlations. Exercises are based on business cases and datasets from business.
Learning Objectives
- be able to design sample for the survey or data collection
- be able to use distributions for analytical purposes
- be able to create statistical distributions
- be able to test hypotheses
- be able to estimate correlation coefs
- be able to draw conclusions based on statistical analysis
Expected Learning Outcomes
- to be able to apply quantitative research methods in the field of business studies
- Demonstrate knowledge of descriptive statistics and data visualization
- Demonstrate knowledge of probability concepts
- be able to find probability distributions for discrete events
Course Contents
- Introduction
- Descriptive Statistics
- Confidence Intervals
- Testing Hypotheses
- Compare Two Populations
- ANOVA
- Correlation
- Chi-Square
- Nonparametric Methods
- Sampling
- Surveys
- Indices I
- Indices II
- Time Series
- Cluster Analysis
Interim Assessment
- Interim assessment (4 module)0.1 * Minitest 1 + 0.1 * Minitest 2 + 0.1 * Minitest 3 + 0.15 * PracticalTask + 0.25 * Test 1 + 0.1 * Test 2 + 0.2 * Test 3
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Fraser C. Business statistics for competitive advantage with Excel 2016: basics, model building, simulation and cases. New York, NY: Springer Science+Business Media, 2016. 475 с.
- Biswas, D. (2019). Probability and Statistics: Volume I. [N.p.]: New Central Book Agency. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2239779
- Denis, D. J. (2016). Applied Univariate, Bivariate, and Multivariate Statistics. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1091881
- Denis, Daniel J. (2015). Applied Univariate, Bivariate and Multivariate Statistics, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hselibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4338227
- Statistics and Causality : Methods for Applied Empirical Research, edited by Wolfgang Wiedermann, and Eye, Alexander von, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2016. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hselibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4530803.
- Stowell, Sarah (2014). Using R for Statistics. Apress. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-1-4842-0139-8
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Bertail, P., Blanke, D., Cornillon, P.-A., & Matzner-Løber, E. (2019). Nonparametric Statistics : 3rd ISNPS, Avignon, France, June 2016. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2044916
- Bruce, P. C. (2014). Introductory Statistics and Analytics : A Resampling Perspective. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=923330
- Dekking F. M. et al. A Modern Introduction to Probability and Statistics: Understanding why and how. – Springer Science & Business Media, 2005. – 488 pp.
- Pearl, J., Glymour, M., & Jewell, N. P. (2016). Causal Inference in Statistics : A Primer. Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Wiley. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1161971